ABSTRACT For an adolescent with physical disabilities intellectual disabilities or both and for her caregivers menstruation can present significant challenges If after an evaluation the adolescent her family and the obstetriciangynecologist have decided that menstrual intervention is warranted adv...

ABSTRACT Despite variations worldwide and within the US population median age at menarche has remained relatively stablebetween 12 years and 13 yearsacross wellnourished populations in developed countries Environmental factors including socioeconomic conditions nutrition and access to preventive h...

ABSTRACT Adolescents undergoing cancer treatment are at high risk of heavy menstrual bleeding and gynecologists may be consulted either before the initiation of cancer treatment to request strategies for menstrual suppression or during an episode of severe heavy bleeding to stop the bleeding emerg...

ABSTRACT Von Willebrand disease the most common inherited bleeding disorder among American women is a common cause of heavy menstrual bleeding and other bleeding problems in women and adolescent girls Von Willebrand disease and other inherited and acquired disorders of coagulation and hemostasis s...

ABSTRACT Initial evaluation of the patient with acute abnormal uterine bleeding should include a prompt assessment for signs of hypovolemia and potential hemodynamic instability After initial assessment and stabilization the etiologies of acute abnormal uterine bleeding should be classified using ...

ABSTRACT The clinical approach to postmenopausal bleeding requires prompt and efficient evaluation to exclude or diagnose carcinoma Women with postmenopausal bleeding may be assessed initially with either endometrial biopsy or transvaginal ultrasonography this initial evaluation does not require p...